TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Tucson badge this anniversary rescued a 16-year-old boy they say had been beaten, blindfolded and apprenticed afterwards actuality kidnapped for bribe because his captors believed he came from a affluent family.
The boy's ancestors alleged badge Tuesday black advertisement that their son was taken and that his doubtable kidnappers were attempting to blackmail money from them.
"For whatever acumen the suspects believed that the family, that the father, had a acceptable accord of money," Tucson badge agent Sgt. Pete Dugan said.
Detectives formed brief to clue the boy bottomward to a abode in the city's south side. They were administering surveillance back they spotted two bodies abrogation the abode in a car.
Police approved affairs the car over, but the disciplinarian fled, arch badge on a added than 20-mile following that concluded in Green Valley back the car comatose into a ditch.
The suspects fled on foot, but the commuter was caught. Juan Carlos Martinez-Borajas, 51, was arrested and answerable with one calculation of biologic possession, but badge aren't abiding if he was complex in the kidnapping.
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The disciplinarian charcoal missing.
While badge were in following of the car, added detectives anchored and approached the house. Several men fled on bottom but were bound apprehended.
There badge begin the boy blindfolded, abominably baffled and with his easily tied. He told detectives that there were several weapons and possibly explosives in the house. The boy was ailing afterwards accepting been captivated bound for about a day, but he has back been released.
The department's bomb band and SWAT teams responded afterwards badge acquired a chase warrant. They begin no explosives but did acquisition an advance rifle, several handguns and drugs. Some of the accoutrements had been arise stolen, according to a account release.
Police do not accept the victim knew best of the suspects. The suspects accept been articular as Brandon Vega, 19; Jose Pedro Molina-Durgin, 36; Cruz Carrillo, 19; and Jose Angel Reyes-Palomino, 28. They were arrested and face ac cuse of kidnapping, extortion and armed robbery.
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"It appears the suspects apperceive who the jailbait is but ... it doesn't arise that the boyhood knew them. It doesn't arise these are bodies he was accomplishing business with or blind out with," Dugan said.
Still, Dugan said, the analysis is ongoing. Badge accept not disqualified out a biologic affiliation but say it's not likely.
"Really this is added of an extortion case," Dugan said.
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Description : TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Tucson badge this anniversary rescued a 16-year-old boy they say had been beaten, bli...